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Center for Excellence in Teaching
Grace Ford Salvatori, Suite 227
(213) 740-3959
FAX: (213) 821-2474
Email: usccet@usc.edu
cet.usc.edu

Director: Ginger Clark, PhD

The Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) empowers the USC teaching community to maximize student learning and address contemporary teaching challenges by: 

1. promoting research-based teaching practices that support learning for all students,
2. nurturing innovation, and
3. creating opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. 

CET enacts this mission by:

• Offering customized training institutes, workshops, consultations, and faculty learning communities.
• Providing resources and models for developing, evaluating, and rewarding teaching excellence, which have been used at USC and other institutions of higher education.
• Supporting USC faculty leaders in building a culture of teaching excellence within their own schools.
• Advocating for faculty teaching needs with campus partners and university leadership.
• Fostering relationships across the USC community to align efforts and leverage existing resources to achieve shared goals.

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Grace Ford Salvatori, Suite 211
3601 Watt Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4019
(213) 740-5485
Email: postdocs@usc.edu
postdocs.usc.edu

Sandeep Gupta, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs

Robin Romans, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Anthony Carlos, Senior Manager for Postdoctoral Affairs

Patrick Kay, Academic Program Assistant

USC recognizes the vital role of mentoring postdoctoral scholars as they prepare for impactful careers in academia, industry and beyond. Our mission is to equip them with the knowledge, skills and experiences needed to excel in research and in leadership, guided by dedicated faculty mentors. We welcome postdoctoral scholars wishing to collaborate with USC faculty, and we expect our faculty to advise, mentor and support these emerging scholars in their professional development.

Postdoctoral scholars are essential to USC’s research engine and critical to the Provost’s efforts to expand sponsored research. The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs provides support, resources and a suite of Provost Signature Programs that help propel postdoctoral scholars toward independent research careers and leadership roles in their fields.

For more information, visit the website at postdocs.usc.edu.